to admire (someone's courage); to approve of (someone's ambition)
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
hurry; rush; simple; brief; rough; crude
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
primrose; Siebold's primrose (Primula sieboldii); cherry blossom primrose; Japanese woodland primrose
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
fourwing evening primrose (Oenothera tetraptera); fragrant evening primrose (Oenothera stricta); large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana)
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
lace-leaf plant (Ouvirandra fenestralis, Aponogeton madagascariensis); lattice-leaf plant
running and cursive scripts
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
vigorous man; man in his prime; activist for the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (Meiji period); freelance political ruffian; hired intimidator (acting under the pretext of social justice)
miracle herb; sacred herb; herb with mysterious powers
ambitious (heroic) undertaking; daring enterprise; grand scheme
common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula); Venus's flytrap
pheasant's eye (species of buttercup, Adonis ramosa)
prime of one's life; stage of maturity
emotionally uplifting; stirring
youth; young man who has reached adulthood (conscription age)
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime
soft windflower (Anemone flaccida)
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea)
thatched hut; monks cell; (my) humble abode
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort; bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose
(rousing) send-off; farewell
sublime, magnificent beauty
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
Aleutian ragwort (Senecio cannabifolius)
herbivorous; graminivorous
lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Paris tetraphylla (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
Trillium smallii (species of trillium)
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant
Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
hurried; hasty; busy; precipitate; sudden; abrupt
wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)
Leontopodium japonicum (species of perennial closely related to edelweiss)
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa
snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis); snow-flower
edible grass (for insects); larval food plant
Monotropastrum humile (species of saprophytic plant)
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
Japanese primrose (Primula japonica)
fringed orchid (Pecteilis radiata); white egret flower; sagiso
marigold (esp. the French marigold, Tagetes patula); plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria); northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
sweet autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora)
Siberian yarrow (Achillea sibirica); achillea
California poppy (Eschscholzia californica); golden poppy
Chelidonium japonicum (species of poppy)
horny goat weed (Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum)
eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
mignonette (Reseda odorata)
shield sundew (Drosera peltata); pale sundew
Arisaema urashima (species of cobra lily)
Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
Japanese pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis); carpet box; Japanese spurge
Sogetsu school of flower arrangement
heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade
common thyme (Thymus vulgaris); garden thyme
coffee senna (Senna occidentalis)
geranium (any plant of genus Geranium)
houseleek (any plant species of genus Sempervivum)
Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)
fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea); rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf
Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
winter annual; biennial; biennial plant
touch-me-not (Impatiens textori); jewelweed
Anemone nikoensis (species of anemone); ichirinso; poppy anenome
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)
mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
Chinese mesona (Platostoma palustre)
East Asian sage (Salvia japonica)
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
Aconitum loczyanum (monkshood species)
orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)
silvermound (Artemisia schmidtiana); asagiriso
straw or hay (laid out in barns for livestock)
Arabis flagellosa (species of rockcress)
toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)
moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
Mitella stylosa (species of miterwort)
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
cat's whiskers (Cleome gynandra)
moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
Swertia bimaculata (species of felwort)
bleeding heart; Dicentra spectabilis
meadowsweet (Filipendula multijuga)
pocketbook plant (any plant of genus Calceolaria)
Mexican fireplant (Euphorbia heterophylla); painted euphorbia; Japanese poinsettia
yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys); pinesap; false beechdrops
Lathyrus quinquenervius (species of vetchling)
Trollius hondoensis (species of globeflower)
blue spirea (Caryopteris divaricata); blue mist shrub
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. variegata); liverleaf
bastard lupine (Trifolium lupinaster); lupine clover; hop clover; trefoil
garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca)
weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca)
pogonia (Pogonia japonica)
Habenaria dentata (species of bog orchid)
Liparis makinoana (species of miniature orchid)
Veronica miqueliana (species of speedwell)
chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria); gripeweed; shatterstone; stonebreaker; leafflower
Carpesium divaricatum (species of flowering plant)
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
trailing spurge (Euphorbia humifusa)
Pinguicula ramosa (butterwort species)
great St. Johns wort (Hypericum ascyron); giant St. John's wort
Parnassia foliosa (species of flowering herb)
Veratrum maackii (species of false hellebore)
da zhuang (hexagram 34 of the I Ching: the power of the great)
hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum zeylanicum)
Japanese Gynura (Gynura Japonica)
cylindrical seat made of straw covered in fabric
mixed cursive-style man'yōgana and hiragana writing